ECTS: Infogrames

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What did French based Infogrames have on show at this week's ECTS? Not a lot as it happens.

By IGN Staff

Ok, so three games is enough to warrant sufficient console support, but the overall quality of the titles at Infogrames' booth was rather disappointing, The best title at their stand was Pen Pen TriIcelon. Released as a launch title in Japan last November, the game has not been improved all that much since its import release.

IGNDC was hoping to spot some brand new characters and courses, but instead, all we found were some slightly sharper graphics and a bit of extra speed added into the wadling sections. This is, of course, not a bad thing in the least, considering the latter was one of the worst parts about the import version. Being a fan of the game myself, I was quite happy playing the European translation, but was equally let down by the laziness of this conversion. These limitations will certainly hold back the title's appeal, and as we stated in our recent review, Pen Pen is certainly not for everyone. If however you live in America, you may want to rent this one out. It's most definitely a fun game, if a little short lived.

Moving on, Expendable appeared worryingly similar to its original Japanese incarnation released a couple of months back. For extreme shoot 'em up fans, this isn't an awful game, but for everyone else, it's rather shallow and lacks some much needed depth and variety.

Finally, the yet to be released UEFA Striker failed to impress those who played it. We were hoping for something special from this one, but at this stage it's looking to turn out as an average footy release. It looks like we'll just have to wait for Virtua Striker 99 to get our hands on the ultimate soccer title.